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Some aspects of vision in the lobster, Homarus vulgaris, in relation to the structure of its eye12

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Elizabeth M. Kampa
Affiliation:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, California
Bernard C. Abbott
Affiliation:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, California
Brian P. Boden
Affiliation:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, California

Extract

The compound eye of the lobster H. vulgaris has a single lobe; its ommatidia are uniform except in length. Each ommatidium consists of a corneal facet, two corneagenous cells, four cone cells, a four-part crystalline cone, an elongate cone stalk, seven retinular cells and a four-part rhabdom. Growth between the zoaeal and adult stages is primarily a lengthening of the cone stalk.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1963

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